Thursday, October 14, 2010

IV: ELIMINATION OF A PICTURE & ITS SUBJECT--CALLED THE FELLER'S MASTER STROKE

Of some hard heavy wood is but a stubb And might be loaded in its larger butt Force to add when to use ’tis put But even without no fairy skull Resist it might however thick or dullA little bit of wood just a mere twig For which a plodding mortal less than a figCares - but to an elf it has A power as fatal as the Upas. If on a sudden it descends On fairy sconce, its revel ends And then you know poor little fart Unto another private realm he will depart. “Don’t want to hurt poor little fa-er-ee”Appeals the rogue unto the powers that be The arch-fiend sees no dodge illicit’Bout younker caught – is not explicit Or he might say “Don't let me catch You here again Or perhaps you'll meet with far too Much sharp pain And stunning effects the same to Follow – which will not leave you time to holloa!” ––––––––Beneath his wide spread crown He casts a glance adown Dim vistãs of the pregnant coming bustle To note if there is aught to stay or hustle

The incident peculiar here Inciding edge incising clear Or so to do. His right hand raised, seems to declare “Except I tell you when, strike if you dare – For all the powers of skill or chance Fairies can use before my glance – are bare” ’Tis so – no doubt, but even Almighty Power Suffers defeat each day & every hour As unforeseen some little trifling thing Cheats of a stave another song we sing His glance means likely too If t’other is not much ado He with one blow, another turn will serve If from the aim’s intent it doth not swerve Left to its time & how to do To split, for Mab perchance a chariot new. ’Tis all the skill there is for such a deed Happen, happening in faerie for fairy’s need. See – ’tis fay woodman holds aloft the axe Whose double edge virtue now they tax To do it single & make single double Teatly and neatly – equal without trouble ’Tis not yet done – yet there he stands

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Vincent Daemon hails from the red-brick wastelands of Philadelphia, PA. To date, he has over 30 published stories of the strange and poems of pain in various anthologies (Through The Eyes Of The Undead, Diabolic Tales III, Living With Anxiety [nonfic], etc) and magazines (FREEZINE, Infernal Ink, [Nameless], Vegas Cannabis, etc.). He has one published novella, the apocalyptic horror punk "Waiting For The End." Vincent also has a couple of regular columns, one being "Rosetta Bones," in "The Intestinal Fortitude" ezine, as well as a film critique column, "Vincent's Vile Video Vault," at "Gorehound Mike's Weird Cinema." He is also co-host of the live weekly radiocast "2 in the Same Boat with MoJoe & Vincent." He is currently putting together his first anthology (working title "Bury Me In A Nameless Grave"), as well as laying down the foundations for a loose-knit trilogy of novellas. Vincent is also the founder/editor of the rare print-only magazine "Grave Demand," which should be relaunching, for free and internet only, as "Grave Demand: Open Casket" this October, 2015. Beyond that, he has also been writing/performing/releasing music for over 25 years, much of which can be heard on Reverbnation, under "Vincent Daemon's Age Of Desire." The page encompasses 24 yrs of recordings/releases with the various bands he has fronted. A new, 25 year anniversary album from Age Of Desire is in development, as well as new solo material. In his free time, Vincent reads, plays with saber-tooth tigers, and still plants strange seeds where they shouldn't be. He can be found at fb, his blog "Writings of a Depraved Mind," and at vdaemon13@gmail.com.

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John Claude Smith has had over

60 short stories and 15 poems

published, as well as a debut

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horror,” The Dark Is Light

Enough For Me. His second

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Gil James Bavel is a writer from Lawrence, Kansas, home to the University of Kansas, where he graduated from the Institute for the Study of Science Fiction. Gil's work appears in every library in the country. Part prophet, part skeptic, Gil is known as Cardinal Sin in the Church of the Sub-Genius, and received his first international publishing credit on six pages of the Church's fourth book, Revelation X: The "Bob" Apocryphon, a credit he shares with fellow ordained minister Rev. John Shirley.

Gil has been writing science fiction, horror, fantasy and social satire since 1985, and in another life was a punk rock drummer, singer/songwriter and booking agent, and 3-time record store guy. He has appeared on stage, in films, radio, television and music videos. Gil was friendly with William S. Burroughs, with whom he recorded an audio interview, and has also interviewed fellow personal hero Robert Anton Wilson, author of Cosmic Trigger.

Frustrated with NaNoWriMo, Gil founded DecShoStoWriMo, a Facebook group he co-administers with Shaun Lawton. It resides under the name Short Story Writing Group eleven months of the year. Gil lives with a friend’s wife and family in a comfortable home in the suburbs of Kansas City, along with their lawyer.

Shaun A. Lawton writes everything by longhand, then a slew of nanobots orchestrate tendons in his fingers to publish the material online for all the world to read; really—Shaun remains aghast at his helplessness amidst this possession. Something pulls the corners of his mouth into a semblance of a smile. Shaun has been blogging online for over 10 years, was always a regular on the John Shirley message board for many years, from where he launched the Freezine of Fantasy and Science Fiction—a webzine dedicated to networking a new wave of genre fiction by author association, word of mouth, click of mouse, and the general murmur of a multi-plying memetic system organized for maximum mutation. His Blogdom now consists of over 90 blogs, any one of which can be found with only a slight degree of difficulty.

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